Amanda Barrie reveals she signed up for Celebrity Big Brother ‘to take her mind off dying’

The former Coronation Street star entered the house last night alongside journalist Rachel Johnson, Keeping Up With The Kardashians' Malika Haqq and Made In Chelsea star Ashley James

By Elaine McCahill

3rd January 2018, 7:07 am

Updated: 3rd January 2018, 9:59 am

AMANDA Barrie has revealed she signed up for Celebrity Big Brother to "take her mind off dying".

The former Coronation Street star entered the house last night alongside her fellow celebs including journalist Rachel Johnson, Keeping Up With The Kardashians star Malika Haqq and Made In Chelsea star Ashley James.

Amanda - who has also starred in Benidorm - joked that she thought she'd gone "entirely mad" by signing up to the show but that she didn't want to miss out of the "adventure".

“I vary between thinking, ‘Have I gone entirely mad at my age?’ to, ‘Is this going to be fun?’. The thing is, when you get to 82 and someone asks you to do something, it would be foolish to say no," she said.

“It’s a new adventure for me. I mean, what else am I going to do? I’ll just be sitting at home, so I thought I might as well have a go.”

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“I think they all need a bit of a holiday together, so that’s what I will spend some of the money on.

“My family have all been incredible. They actually did say to me after all the tragedies we’ve had, ‘For God’s sake go in because you’ll make such a fool of yourself, it’ll take our mind off everything’.”